EqOP-15-03
Equitable Occupant Protection: Chair's presentation
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23 Apr 2026
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The IWG chair reviewed the 15th meeting to address strategic goals of equitable and overall enhanced protection of diverse populations in rear-end and frontal impacts, based on feedback from GRSP-78-07 and GRSP-78-08. Task forces are investigating submarining prevention, abdominal injury risks, Diffuse Axonal Injuries, lower extremity injuries, and neck injuries in frontal crashes, while considering occupants of different sizes, weights, shapes, and seat adjustments. Priorities include developing broader protection procedures over a range of scenarios and speeds rather than specific repeated requirements, with next steps involving prioritization and role definition within task forces before reporting to GRSP 79.

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GRSP | Session 78 | 1-4 Dec 2025

48. The expert from Sweden presented the status report of the IWG on Equitable Occupant Protection (IWG-EqOP). She recalled the three top priorities which had been endorsed by GRSP in its 76th session and detailed the progress made by the group since the 77th session of GRSP and its next steps. She informed GRSP that they had developed a dashboard to make it easier to follow the work of the group1. She encouraged interested experts to read the report on equity issues and hypotheses in frontal impacts (informal document GRSP-78-07). The expert from OICA reiterated the suggestion made in previous sessions to keep the work of the group focused and prioritized.